Publications
Local purse-seine fishers’ economic losses owing to endangered seabird conservation measures – perceptions and reality
“The likelihood of success of a marine protected area (MPA) is strongly dependent on stakeholders’ support. A concern often raised by local fishers is their lack of involvement in the design or management of a MPA and their loss of income owing to lost fishing grounds. We used Algoa Bay, South Africa, as a case […]
Review of the Central and South Atlantic Shelf and Deep-Sea Benthos: Science, Policy, and Management
“The Central and South Atlantic represents a vast ocean area and is home to a diverse range of ecosystems and species. Nevertheless, and similar to the rest of the global south, the area is comparatively understudied yet exposed to increasing levels of multisectoral pressures. To counteract this, the level of scientific exploration in the Central […]
Introduction: Applying a Human Rights Lens to the Ocean-Climate Nexus
“We have known that climate change negatively impacts on the marine environment since the 1990s. And we are increasingly aware of the role the ocean plays in climate regulation, although we are still unveiling the full extent, and the fragility, of the contributions of deep-sea ecosystems to climate change mitigation. Meanwhile, the effects of climate change on […]
Addressing the Ocean-Climate Nexus in the BBNJ Agreement: Strategic Environmental Assessments, Human Rights and Equity in Ocean Science
“The Agreement on Marine Biodiversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement) opens a new path in international law towards addressing issues at the ocean-climate nexus, as well as considering implications for the protection of human rights and achieving equity among States in the context of ocean knowledge production and environmental management. Based on an interdisciplinary […]
Children’s Human Right to Be Heard at the Ocean-climate Nexus
“This article aims to clarify the obligations of States under the law of the sea to put children’s human rights at the heart of decision-making on the protection of the marine environment, particularly at the ocean-climate nexus. The relevance of the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and in […]
International Legal Responses for Protecting Fishers’ Fundamental Rights Impacted by a Changing Ocean
“Climate change directly impacts the marine landscape where fishers operate. Most fishers rely on fishing for food, income and/or employment. A changing ocean can therefore significantly impact fishers’ lives and hinder the full exercise of their rights of access to fisheries resources, rights to fish, to food, to work, to culture, and to a healthy, […]
Ocean-based Climate Action and Human Rights Implications under the International Climate Change Regime
“After drawing attention to the crucial role of marine biodiversity, including that of deep-sea ecosystems, in current scientific understanding of the ocean-climate nexus, this article highlights the limited extent to which the international climate change regime has so far addressed the ocean. The focus then shifts to how the international climate change regime could contribute […]
Climate Change and Biodiversity
“This chapter explores the need for synergy between the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the international climate change regime. It emphasises that climate change is a significant driver of global biodiversity loss and stresses the importance of addressing both challenges in a coordinated manner to avoid irreversible biodiversity decline. The negative trends in biodiversity […]
Ensuring Mutual Supportiveness of the Paris Agreement with other Multilateral Environmental Agreements: A Focus on Ocean-Based Climate Action
“Climate change is contributing to unprecedented biodiversity loss and is altering the physical and chemical makeup of the global ocean. This has severe consequences for climate regulation, ecological stability and human rights. This chapter aims to explore how and to what extent the Paris Agreement and other multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) can be interpreted in […]
